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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... • Meningeal signs ... arteritis • Acute
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
Borderline Personality Disorder ... in at least two areas ... experienced BPD ... adolescence, inflexible pattern ... Psychiatry #Criteria #Signs
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
STE: "Pardee's sign ... " + PPD • Opposing ... Early-repolarization pattern ... leads • S1Q3T3 pattern ... Electrolyte Disorders
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... • Is there a pattern ... Mechanical/degenerative disorders ... noninflammatory Signs ... an asymmetric pattern
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Non-neuromuscular disorder ... Impairment: • Acute ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... changes - Common pattern
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
system function - Acute ... customary headache patterns ... lesions in other areas ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Common Dermatological Conditions - Distribution and Morphology
 • Acne vulgaris - Face, upper back, chest -
associated with signs ... and pruritus (e.g ... Christmas tree pattern ... Varies with site, (e.g ... dermatology #rash #differential
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... flare; chest pain ... contributor to this disorder ... dominant inheritance pattern